Apollo (submarine communications cable)

Apollo
Owner(s)	Cable and Wireless
Landing points	1. Bude, England 2. Lannion, France 3. Shirley, NY, US 4. Manasquan, NJ, US
Total length	13,000 km
Topology	Self-healing ring
Design capacity	3.2 Tbit/s
Currently lit capacity	unknown
Technology	Fiber Optic DWDM
Date of first use	Early, 2003
Decommissioning date	Unknown

Apollo is an optical submarine communications cable system crossing the Atlantic ocean, owned by Cable & Wireless. It consists of 2 segments North and South, forming a looped system. In early 2006, Level 3 Communications announced its purchase of 300 Gbit/s of capacity between Apollo North and Apollo South with option to purchase up 300 Gbit/s of future capacity. This acquisition gives Level 3 a trans-Atlantic path that does not pass through either London or New York City, which is desirable to carriers due to network diversity concerns. This purchase represents the single largest transaction of sub-sea capacity in history without laying new cable.

External links

• http://www.cw.com/uk/nss/apollo/
• http://www.apollo-scs.com/